The event, which pits the Big Ten vs. the BIG EAST and will span eight years, honors the late Dave Gavitt, a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer who had a profound and lasting influence on the sport of basketball on the collegiate, professional and Olympic levels.

A little more background on the new event: Each BIG EAST team will participate a minimum of six times, while every Big Ten program will play at least four times.

The headliners? Those are the ones in primetime, for the most part, but Georgetown at No. 3 Maryland on Tuesday night figures to be tough to top. Other ones to keep an eye on will be Creighton at No. 14 Indiana (BTN) and Iowa at Marquette (FS1), both on Thursday, and Xavier at No. 24 Michigan (BTN) on Friday.